| Thursday, October 3
RUDY DIRT ENDED UP AT STATE DEPARTMENT President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani told CNN that some of the documents in a packet the State Department inspector general handed to Congress just hours earlier had come from him. The revelation was the latest twist in the ongoing turmoil over Trump’s call with the leader of Ukraine in July. [HuffPost]
PENCE TRIES TO SHED UKRAINE STINK Vice President Mike Pence’s team continues to distance their boss from the unfolding scandal surrounding Trump’s July 25 call with Ukraine’s president, this time in a story published by The Washington Post about what the vice president knew about the call. [HuffPost]SCHIFF’S WARNING TO THE WHITE HOUSE House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) warned that any White House attempts to stonewall the House impeachment proceedings could further solidify accusations of obstruction of justice. [HuffPost]EX-COP GETS 10 YEARS FOR BOTHAM JEAN MURDER Amber Guyger, 31, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering an unarmed man in his own home last year, was sentenced to 10 years behind bars. Guyger fatally shot Botham Shem Jean, 26, in his apartment, then claimed she mistook his apartment for her own. [HuffPost]PROTESTER SHOT IN CHEST FACES CRIMINAL CHARGES Police say criminal charges will be filed against the 18-year-old Hong Kong student who was the first victim of police gunfire during one of the most violent days of the monthslong pro-democracy protests. The police have been accused of a heavy-handed response to protesters. [AP]TOXIC FUMES MAY BE BEHIND VAPING ILLNESSES The spate of mysterious lung illnesses linked to vaping are most likely caused by noxious chemical fumes, a team of doctors at the Mayo Clinic. Hundreds of people across the country have been hospitalized in recent months with dangerous lung issues, and some have died. [HuffPost] A global HuffPost project on everything you ever wanted to know about therapy, whether you've been once or 100 times. PLÁCIDO DOMINGO RESIGNS FROM LA OPERA Opera star Plácido Domingo has resigned as the Los Angeles Opera’s general director in the wake of a string of sexual harassment allegations against him, which he has denied. Domingo’s resignation included his withdrawal from all future scheduled performances at the opera, where he’s performed for five decades. [HuffPost]DEMS: TRUMP ADMIN. USED FALSE INFO TO ATTACK DIPLOMAT Democrats accused the Trump administration of using “propaganda and disinformation” to attack the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine and demanded that Secretary of State Pompeo explain how the material circulated at top levels of his department. [Reuters]GIANT BOULDERS MIRROR HOMELESSNESS DESPERATION A narrow, unassuming two-block stretch in San Francisco where residents placed 24 giant rocks along the sidewalk has found itself a symbol of the desperation, frustration and emotions of California’s homelessness crisis. [HuffPost] ABSTINENCE-ONLY HEALTH CLINIC RECEIVES U.S. FUNDS Obria Medical Clinics, the Christian medical chain awarded $1.7 million in federal family planning funds for the first time this year, does not offer hormonal birth control or condoms. Instead, its doctors and nurses teach patients when they’re likely to be fertile and counsel restraint. [Kaiser Health News]UNIVERSAL EMPLOYEE FIRED OVER HATE SYMBOL A Florida theme park employee has been fired after the individual made the “OK” hand gesture used by some to symbolize white power while posing for a photo with a biracial 6-year-old girl. [HuffPost]BORIS JOHNSON IS POLITICALLY STUCK British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is caught in the crosshairs. He wants to get a Brexit deal, but one that makes him look like he forced Brussels to back down. It needs it to be soft enough that opposition lawmakers will vote for it, but firm enough that it's not seen as a sellout by his own hardline Brexiteers. Meanwhile, it looks like an election is coming, and it might arrive sooner than he’d like. [CNN] Businessman Ralph Taylor, who learned he is 4% Black from a DNA test, is classified as Black by his state government and White by the federal government. 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